Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-09-17

lSphere ever saw. Prize cattle, horses,
hogs and hens were numerous: fancy
fruft and fakes a~bounded. but the
baby show was the high daddy OF them
all, and assumed an air of national i'm
portance from the lofty stations occupied
by tie doners of prizes.
Grover Cleveland, president of the
United States, was represented by a 80
gold eagle. offered for the finest set OF
triplets. The country was secured for
entries n liberal offers were sent To
every spot from whence a rnmlor OF
three OF = kind lad reached the man
aRc.nent- To the everlasting glory. OF
Erie county let il be recorded that East
Hsmburg came nobiF 10 the fore and
showed a trio of infants warranted to
melt the heart of the most obdurate
bachelor.
Gov Hill, confirmed bachelor that he
Is, opened his heart when the babies ap-
peal reached Albany, n q purse of S25
was ut once sent to East Aurors to go on
the handsomest pair of colored twins.
Teething in one group and collie in an
other narrowed competition down to q
single set of little shayers who's father,
q colored barber of Pittsburg, arrived
with them THE evening too late for exhi-
bition.
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two years ago, and haven't skipped q
pleasant day since. They are not black,
but Of . confirmed chocolate hue, and
big, staring blue eyes, and milk white
teeth show like rays of sunshine through
the lowering clouds.
Mayor Becker, of Buffalo, studied for
some time before offering his prize. Al
last he braved the displeasure of the war
department and sent a iutter through
the Tohawanda valley by donating $40
in gold to 90 to the lustiest Indian
papoose exhibited. Only the closest OBJ
servers knew that the ~blanketed parcel
that Drum Major James Jainison, of the
Seneca Cornet band. hoyared over SO ten
derby, was IN Indian brave in miniature.
But the good looking young squaw, his
wife, took the $10 as a matter of course,
and told the b~ystanders that her baby
was the future dude Of the tribe, and
could sshandsome'' more than the whole
lot In the tent-white, tinted, ~coppered
or black.
Babies to right of him, bsbiaa to left of
him, babies In front Of him squalling and
chuckling,. was what the male spectator
encountered The women, however.
were In paradise, and kissed and crtti-
cised, measured ard hefted, cajoied and
coaxed, the infants until the whele as
semblage seemed TO be q big Mormon
Sunday school with mothers Rnd cnil-
dren In perhaps unusual proportions, all
taking part In the exercises.
a huge platform had been erentsd In
the center of the fncs- track enclosure.
This was sheltered by q pavilion, and
While the band tournament made merry
| keep up with the windy procession from
within. They nearly succeeded.
Twenty thousand people passed through
the gate, and 10, 99D o. them Inspected
the mammoth bouquet Of ~infantile love-
Hness. Tbs one exception was q bRcher
lor, who suddenly came Upon q sst OF
trfglets and . paE Of twins. ga full
hand, that's good, he murmursd, and
tainted.
saTripsn were the eavoxitss by all odds.
Great Scotti" with . world ef ex2raa-
sions In the two monosyllables, was the
usual masculine exclamation.
HOh, The dear things said the we
man, and thsn they c~stechised the moth
srs as to age, weight and birth and other
| particalars Of the khrea-henA4Azses-
q nsss Mouie Dart and Ray Dart,
each I year end II .aonths, born on Eyis
These 'ttripsn We're the s.arst srpensei,
of the proud mother who's husband, A.
bert Il. Dart, u . hard working farmer.
Ths trips" aggregated twenty-gsTe
pornds.in weight when born, End are
stout and healthy. They are ali a1narA
SNand active, and 4 peeucAliarity neEfcea-
BILE IL that DEG " always awake while the
| others are sleeping.
sit isn't aften We can get all thYos to
sleep at once, = said!ths uothey, .sbns they
are quiet. babies, and The waksful one
| seldom cries.
Nf1. Dart says he votsd for Cleveland
10 1854 and iP going 10 write him . let
ter OF thanks TOT the prize, and an asefft-
ance of his Sote in 1883.
Ra vhs nus, +, Looms la,s sriglsts, e North
for a prize. They Are two years old, big,
bouncing babies, and cried after the
journey till they heard the CowlesyffIs
braas band. Thea they bowed TO q supe-
rtor force and were content to listen.
Georges Washington, Jsmes Garfield
and Henry Rockingham Loomis are their
titles.
Prizes were distributed among the
white and colored babies nd libitum. and
that was an iil-favored child that couldn't
get o napkin ring at least. White twins
were numerous, and adozen pickanniniss
gave a variety of color TO the sea /. baby
| faces.
Mrs. John Hart, 81 years old, was sur
rounded by her ten children, and Mrs.
John Marshall, aged SO. had eleven Of
her dozen offspring under her wing.
Both galaxies took prizes.
Mira George Hackett of East Smeth-
| port, Penn, weighs 140 pounds, and her
husband, q wsgon-maker, weighs 1870.
Little George, the B-year-old SON, tips
the beam ut 90 pounds, and weighed less
than 8 pounds when born. George was
loaded with silyer-ware for HIS bigness.
Tbs Indian babe from the Seneca reser-
walton took frss prize in the band con-
test.
A Nancy and William goat, with two
black and white kids, received a special
| prize for the twins.
Romeo n yuliot johnson will exhibit
their blatkness and Governor Hills prize
to-day.
The biggest event on the card lis the
wedding OF Clarence Lamb, . jsweler. to
Miss Louisa Rodimer, q plain but practi-
cal village maid. They are 10 be married
IN 9 wagon which is to be presented to
them. The wedding suits are presents,
and over 100 other gifts, Including two
dozen silver spoons FROM the Honorable
Benjamin Butler will be their portion.
Texas Fever Among Illinois Cattle.
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